Aspects Of City Life - Crime.

Aspects of City Life - Crime.


     Different angles can be taken with regards to crime in the city, and

further to this, the main topic can be broken down into smaller areas. I have

conducted two types of research;


Primary - Interviews etc. Secondary - Named Sources.


     The question of crime and how it affects a city is perhaps best put to

those people that have either lived in a city all their lives (thus knowing what

the crime is like in the area), or to those that have moved to a city from a

town or village (therefore being able to make a comparison between the types of

crime and their severity in the two habitats).


     A city, apart from having a great deal more shops, civic and

recreational amenities, and night life will also have many more people - people

that need somewhere to live, meaning vast expanses of housing estates and other

residential areas. In Sunderland's case all of the above are true, and, as with

many other cities across the country it has a very large student population.

There are two centres of higher education in Sunderland - the university, and

the college, both with large subscriptions. Although both have been established

for a while now, it was only fairly recently that the old Polytechnic achieved

university status. This has not only increased the size of the university in

terms of property but also the number of students attending it. This therefore

means that the overall size of Sunderland has increased, including the numbers

of shops, clubs, recreational activities and also houses.


     A great deal of people in Sunderland believe that their local pubs and

clubs have been 'taken over' by students and at first there was a great deal of

apprehension and tension between locals and students, often resulting in violent

conflict. This still exists but to a much smaller extent. However, something

that
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